Vatican

• 23 November 2005
  VATICAN - A hymn to praise God, celebrated by Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesus Christ”: Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at general audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - A solemn hymn at the beginning of the Letter to the Ephesians read once a week at vespers (cfr Eph 1,3-10), a hymn to praise God, celebrated in Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesu ...
• 22 November 2005
  VATICAN - “The Church’s teaching is based on the fact that God created man and woman in his own image and likeness and granted them a superior dignity and a shared mission towards the whole of creation” : Pope Benedict XVI visits Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 21 November Pope Benedict XVI visited the offices of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, located in the Casina Pio IV in the Vatic ...
• 21 November 2005
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Christ the King at the Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI recalls the Gaudium et Spes constitution : “The Mission of the Church yesterday, today and always is to announce and bear witness to Christ so that every man and woman may live the fullness of his or her vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, at the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI focused once again on the Second Vatican Council which closed 40 ...
• 19 November 2005
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the Conference on the Human Genome : “May every new scientific discovery serve for the whole good of the person with respect for human dignity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today, particularly in the field of new contributions from medical science, the Church has a chance to offer its precious work of illuminating consciences so that each new scientific di ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Human Genome - biological, medical and human prospects”: 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Fides Service) - Some 700 experts from 81 different countries will attend the 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care in the Vatican 17- 19 November. The t ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “We realise we are being given responsibility: we want to give a voice to the voiceless:” say young Africans in Rome to study in Management for Development Vatican City (Fides Service)- The group of young Africans from 17 different countries who have come to Rome to study for a Master’s Degree in Management of Development are enthusiastic and excited. “We want to help b ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - Official inauguration of Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Catholic University Sacro Cuore Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Rome a new Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congr ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “With this new Master’s Degree in Management of Development we accept the challenge to make Africa the continent of hope moving from a concept of mere assistance to one of education, valorising the gifts and resources of young Africans ” says Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This project aimed at offering these young men an opportunity to follow a special spiritual, human and cultural itinerary so they may be put at the service of their respective countries ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI weekly Catechesis: “Certainly the Lord is transcendent as creator and arbiter of the being; but he is also close to his creatures and enters space and time, indeed his presence among us reaches its apex in the Incarnation of Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At his weekly audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the second part of Psalm 135 (verses 10-26, “Thanksgiving for God’s work of salvation”, vesp ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Rome’s University students prepare for Christmas with Pope Benedict XVI on 15 December Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 15 December in St Peter’s Basilica students at Rome’s universities will have their first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The tradition of meeting university students before ...
• 15 November 2005
  VATICAN - Thursday 17 November, presentation of Masters in Management for development, for young African talents promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Sacred Heart Catholic University Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 17 November at 10.30am at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples building in Piazza di Spagna 48 - Via di Propaganda 1c, Rome, there will be a media conference to pr ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon: “may your beloved country, despite the present difficult situation, not lose heart but continue on the path to reconciliation and peace” Vatican City (Fides Service) - An encouragement to all the citizens of Iraq not to lose hope in the present difficult situation but to continue resolutely “on the path to reconciliation and peace” was addressed by th ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus says “all the baptised are called to perfection in the Christian life: priests, religious and lay people, each according to their own specific vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The beatification of Charles De Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio confirms once again what was said by the Second Vatican Council that “all the baptised are called ...
• 14 November 2005
  VATICAN - The new Blessed Charles De Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio, “in different ways consecrated their existence to Christ and they re-propose to every Christian the sublime ideal of holiness”: Pope Benedict XVI ‘s address at the end of the Beatification Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints presided on Sunday 13 November a Beatification Mass in St Peters and at the request of the Pope read the ...
• 11 November 2005
  VATICAN - ‘Shouting’ the Gospel with a life of silence and contemplation: Pope Benedict XVI to beatify Charles de Foucauld, testimonials from his spiritual sons and daughters Vatican City (Fides Service) - Although Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916), whose name will be inscribed in the register of the Blessed by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 13 November in St Peter’s, lived as a hermit in the Sa ...